Mithridates II of Parthia

Mithridates II (Parthian: 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt) was king of the Parthian Empire from 124 to 91 BC. He was known as "Mithridates the Great" in antiquity.[1] He was the first Arsacid monarch to regularly use the title "King of Kings", thus stressing the association of the ruling Parthian dynasty with the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Considered one of the most prominent monarchs of the ancient East, his reign marked the rise of the Parthians as an important power.[2][3] He spent most of his reign consolidating his rule in the Near East, successfully re-conquering Babylonia, and turning the kingdoms of Armenia, Adiabene, Characene, Gordyene and Osrhoene into vassal states.[3] He also captured Dura-Europos in Syria, and restored Parthian authority in Sakastan, which was given as a fief to the House of Suren.[4][5] During the last years of his reign, however, his empire fell into disarray, with the Parthian nobility having enough authority to challenge the Parthian king periodically, including a rival monarch named Sinatruces, who claimed the throne from c. 92 BC.[3] Following Mithridates II's death in 91 BC, his son Gotarzes I succeeded him.[6][7]